In the late 1800's, Dutch physician Aletta Jacobs and her husband C.V. Gerritsen began collecting books, pamphlets and periodicals reflecting the evolution of a feminist consciousness and the movement for women's rights. The Gerritsen Collection has since become the greatest single source for the study of women's history in the world.

International in scope, The Philosopher’s Index with Full Text offers content from 139 countries. This includes full-text journals published in the United States and Britain as well as 27 other countries, such as Australia, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Tunisia, and Uruguay. Of the 122 unique full-text journals not found in other EBSCO databases, 114 do NOT have an embargo.

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